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Heartbleed Hask: The Passwords You Need Change ASAP.

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NSA knew about Heartbleed for two years – Bloomberg

The critical “Heartbleed” bug reported earlier this week to have affected the security of most of the internet was discovered by researchers at the United States National Security Agency two years earlier, according to a new report.

On Friday afternoon, Bloomberg News journalist Michael Riley reported that the NSA knew about the monstrous flaw for at least two years ahead of this week’s announcement, but kept it hidden from technologists and instead exploited it to hack the computers and correspondence of certain intelligence targets.

Earlier in the week, the open-source OpenSSL internet security project issued an emergency advisory after discovery of the Heartbleed bug revealed a weakness that may have for years allowed hackers to access online information otherwise thought to be protected by the SSL/TLS encryption standard used by around two-thirds of the web…. more here

“We added protections for Facebook’s implementation of OpenSSL before this issue was publicly disclosed. We haven’t detected any signs of suspicious account activity, but we encourage people to … set up a unique password.”

Instagram

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“Our security teams worked quickly on a fix and we have no evidence of any accounts being harmed. But because this event impacted many services across the web, we recommend you update your password on Instagram and other sites, particularly if you use the same password on multiple sites.”

LinkedIn

No

No

No

“We didn’t use the offending implementation of OpenSSL in www.linkedin.com or www.slideshare.net. As a result, HeartBleed does not present a risk to these web properties.”

Pinterest

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We fixed the issue on Pinterest.com, and didn’t find any evidence of mischief. To be extra careful, we e-mailed Pinners who may have been impacted, and encouraged them to change their passwords.”

Tumblr

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We have no evidence of any breach and, like most networks, our team took immediate action to fix the issue.”

Twitter

No

Yes

Unclear

Twitter wrote that OpenSSL “is widely used across the internet and at Twitter. We were able to determine that [our] servers were not affected by this vulnerability. We are continuing to monitor the situation.” While reiterating that they were unaffected, Twitter told Mashable that they did apply a patch.

Other Companies

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

Apple

No

No

No

“iOS and OS X never incorporated the vulnerable software and key web-based services were not affected.”

*Google said users do not need to change their passwords, but because of the previous vulnerability, better safe than sorry.

Microsoft

No

No

No

Microsoft services were not running OpenSSL, according to LastPass.

Yahoo

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“As soon as we became aware of the issue, we began working to fix it… and we are working to implement the fix across the rest of our sites right now.” Yahoo Homepage, Yahoo Search, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Food, Yahoo Tech, Flickr and Tumblr were patched. More patches to come, Yahoo says.

Email

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

AOL

No

No

No

AOL told Mashable it was not running the vulnerable version of the software.

Gmail

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes*

“We have assessed the SSL vulnerability and applied patches to key Google services.”

*Google said users do not need to change their passwords, but because of the previous vulnerability, better safe than sorry.

Hotmail / Outlook

No

No

No

Microsoft services were not running OpenSSL, according to LastPass.

Yahoo Mail

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“As soon as we became aware of the issue, we began working to fix it… and we are working to implement the fix across the rest of our sites right now.”

“eBay.com was never vulnerable to this bug because we were never running a vulnerable version of OpenSSL.”

Etsy

Yes*

Yes

Yes Yes

Etsy said that only a small part of its infrastructure was vulnerable, and they have patched it.

GoDaddy

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We’ve been updating GoDaddy services that use the affected OpenSSL version.” Full Statement

Groupon

No

No

No

“Groupon.com does not utilize a version of the OpenSSL library that is susceptible to the Heartbleed bug.”

Nordstrom

No

No

No

“Nordstrom websites do not use OpenSSL encryption.”

PayPal

No

No

No

“Your PayPal account details were not exposed in the past and remain secure.” Full Statement

Target

No

No

No

“[We] launched a comprehensive review of all external facing aspects of Target.com… and do not currently believe that any external-facing aspects of our sites are impacted by the OpenSSL vulnerability.”

Walmart

No

No

No

“We do not use that technology so we have not been impacted by this particular breach.”

Videos, Photos, Games & Entertainment

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

Flickr

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“As soon as we became aware of the issue, we began working to fix it… and we are working to implement the fix across the rest of our sites right now.”

Hulu

No

No

No

No comment provided.

Minecraft

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We were forced to temporary suspend all of our services. … The exploit has been fixed. We can not guarantee that your information wasn’t compromised.” More Information

Netflix

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“Like many companies, we took immediate action to assess the vulnerability and address it. We are not aware of any customer impact. It’s a good practice to change passwords from time to time, now would be a good time to think about doing so. “

SoundCloud

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

SoundCloud emphasized that there were no indications of any foul play and that the company’s actions were simply precautionary.

YouTube

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes*

“We have assessed the SSL vulnerability and applied patches to key Google services.”

*Google said users do not need to change their passwords, but because of the previous vulnerability, better safe than sorry.

Financial

All the banks we contacted (see below) said they were unaffected by Heartbleed, but U.S. regulators have warned banks to patch their systems.

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

American Express

No

No

No

“There was no compromise of any customer data. While we are not requiring customers to take any specific action at this time, it is a good security practice to regularly update Internet passwords.”

Bank of America

No

No

No

“A majority of our platforms do NOT use OpenSSL, and the ones that do, we have confirmed no vulnerabilities.”

Barclays

No

No

No

No comment provided.

Capital One

No

No

No

“Capital One uses a version of encryption that is not vulnerable to Heartbleed.”

Chase

No

No

No

“These sites don’t use the encryption software that is vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug.”

Citigroup

No

No

No

Citigroup does not use Open SSL in “customer-facing retail banking and credit card sites and mobile apps”

E*Trade

No

No

No

E*Trade is still investigating.

Fidelity

No

No

No

“We have multiple layers of security in place to protect our customer sites and services.”

PNC

No

No

No

“We have tested our online and mobile banking systems and confirmed that they are not vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug.”

Schwab

No

No

No

“Efforts to date have not detected this vulnerability on Schwab.com or any of our online channels.”

Scottrade

No

No

No

“Scottrade does not use the affected version of OpenSSL on any of our client-facing platforms.”

TD Ameritrade

No

No

No

TD Ameritrade “doesn’t use the versions of openSSL that were vulnerable.”

TD Bank

No

No

No

“We’re currently taking precautions and steps to protect customer data from this threat and have no reason to believe any customer data has been compromised in the past.”

T. Rowe Price

No

No

No

“The T. Rowe Price websites are not vulnerable to the “Heartbleed” SSL bug nor were they vulnerable in the past.”

U.S. Bank

No

No

No

“We do not use OpenSSL for customer-facing, Internet banking channels, so U.S. Bank customer data is NOT at risk.”

Vanguard

No

No

No

“We are not using, and have not used, the vulnerable version of OpenSSL.”

Wells Fargo

No

No

No

No reason provided.

Government and Taxes

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

1040.com

No

No

No

“We’re not vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug, as we do not use OpenSSL.”

FileYour Taxes.com

No

No

No

“We continuously patch our servers to keep them updated. However, the version we use was not affected by the issue, so no action was taken.”

H&R Block

No

No

No

“We are reviewing our systems and currently have found no risk to client data from this issue.”

Healthcare .gov

No

No

No

“Healthcare.gov consumer accounts are not affected by this vulnerability.”

Intuit (TurboTax)

No

No

No

Turbotax wrote that “engineers have verified TurboTax is not affected by Heartbleed.” The company has issued new certificates anyway, and said it’s not “proactively advising” users to change their passwords.

IRS

No

No

No

“The IRS continues to accept tax returns as normal … and systems continue operating and are not affected by this bug. We are not aware of any security vulnerabilities related to this situation.”

TaxACT

No

No

No

“Customers can update their passwords at any time, although we are not proactively advising them to do so at this time.”

USAA

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

USAA said that it has “already taken measures to help prevent a data breach and implemented a patch earlier this week.”

Other

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

Box

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We’re currently working with our customers to proactively reset passwords and are also reissuing new SSL certificates for added protection.”

Dropbox

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

On Twitter: “We’ve patched all of our user-facing services & will continue to work to make sure your stuff is always safe.”

Evernote

No

No

No

“Evernote’s service, Evernote apps, and Evernote websites … all use non-OpenSSL implementations of SSL/TLS to encrypt network communications.” Full Statement

GitHub

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

GitHub said it has patched all its systems, deployed new SSL certificates and revoked old ones. GitHub is asking all users to change password, enable two-factor authentication and “revoke and recreate personal access and application tokens.”

IFTTT

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

IFTTT emailed all its users and logged them out, prompting them to change their password on the site.

OKCupid

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We, like most of the Internet, were stunned that such a serious bug has existed for so long and was so widespread.”

Spark Networks (JDate, Christian Mingle)

No

No

No

Sites do not use OpenSSL.

SpiderOak

Yes

Yes

No

Spideroak said it patched its servers, but the desktop client doesn’t use a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, so “customers do not need to take any special action.”

Wikipedia (if you have an account)

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“We recommend changing your password as a standard precautionary measure, but we do not currently intend to enforce a password change for all users.” Full Statement

WordPress

Unclear

Unclear

Unclear

WordPress tweeted that it has taken “immediate steps” and “addressed the Heartbleed OpenSSL exploit,” but it’s unclear if the issue is completely solder. When someone asked Matt Mullenweg, WordPress’ founding developer, when the site’s SSL certificates will be replaced and when users will be able to reset passwords, he simply answered: “soon.”

Wunderlist

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

“You’ll have to simply log back into Wunderlist. We also strongly recommend that you reset your password for Wunderlist.” Full Statement

Password Managers

Was it affected?

Is there a patch?

Do you need to change your password?

What did they say?

1Password

No

No

No

1Password said in a blog post that its technology “is not built upon SSL/TLS in general, and not upon OpenSSL in particular.” So users don’t need to change their master password.

Dashlane

Yes

Yes

No

Dashlane said in a blog post users’ accounts were not impacted and the master password is safe as it is never transmitted. The site does use OpenSSL when syncing data with its servers but Dashlane said it has patched the bug, issued new SSL certificates and revoked previous ones.

LastPass

Yes

Yes

No

“Though LastPass employs OpenSSL, we have multiple layers of encryption to protect our users and never have access to those encryption keys.” Users don’t need to change their master passwords because they’re never sent to the server. But passwords for other sites stored in LastPass might need to be changed.